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TIL Amidst the sinking of the RMS Titanic, some passengers refused to evacuate, convinced that staying onboard was safer than the small lifeboats. However, Chief baker Charles Joughin intervened, forcefully guiding hesitant passengers onto the deck and into the lifeboats for their own well-being.

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OGn77 TIL Baleen whale, one of the largest mammals in the world, can make the loudest sound of any animal on earth—up to 188 decibels, which is as loud as a jet plane
xV7o7 TIL In 2016, Manchester United canceled a game and evacuated the stadium after a steward discovered a pipe bomb in the bathrooms. Fortunately, the bomb was a fake; it had been left there by the security team during a training exercise and forgotten.
JYvV1 TIL the inventor of the computer, Charles Babbage, once baked himself in an oven at 265⁰F for 4 minutes just to see what would happen. He followed this up by asking to be lowered in to Mount Vesuvius.
M7MKm TIL certain moths have developed sound absorbing wings that make it harder for bats to hunt and eat them with their echolocation. The structure of the moth wings might someday help people soundproof places
a84Lb TIL that you can tell a casino to never let you back in, and they won't. But you had better mean it, because if you do return you will be immediately removed, charged with criminal trespass, fined up to $1000, and if you had any winnings, they'll confiscate it.